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Small Stocks' Hot Streak
May Mark a Turnaround

Value-minded investors pulled the Russell 2000 small-stock index off the critical list last week. But is the patient cured?

After falling 19% from its April peak, the Russell 2000 staged its most convincing turnaround of the year late last week, a two-day rise Thursday and Friday that lifted the benchmark 17.1 points, or 4.3%.